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| Relevance-Why Important | Staphylococci-The
Emerging Threat
Support of emerging antibiotic resistance. http://ci.mond.org/9506/950608.html |
Rubin, R., Harrington, C., Poon, A., Dietrich, K., Greene, J., and Moiduddin, A. 1999. "The economic impact of Staphylococcus aureus infection in New York City Hospitals", Emerging Infectious Diseases. 5:1. |
| The
Challange of Antibiotic Resistance
Support of emerging antibiotic resistance. http://www.sciam.com/1998/0398issue/0398levy.html#links |
Henderson, D. 1997. "Healthcare institutions as 'hot zones': emerging and re-emerging pathogens", Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 10:310-318. | |
| Drug
Resistance
A very basic explanation of drug resistance. http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/R/resistance_drug.html |
L. Mounthon and Dr. Jean-Luc Mainardi, 1996. "Vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the Gram-positive challanges", Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 9:256-260. | |
| Bacterial Invasion Mechanisms | Colonization
vs Infection
Explanation of bacterial invasion. http://www.springnet.com/ce/p609as02.htm |
Sullam, P. 1994. "Host-pathogen interactions in the development of bacterial endocarditis", Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 7:304-309. |
| Colonization
and Invasion
Great explanation of bacterial invasion to host tissue. http://www.bact.wisc.edu/microtextbook/disease/ colinize.html |
Foster, T.J. and McDevitt, D. 1994. “Surface-associated proteins of Staphylococcus aureus: Their possible roles in virulence”, FEMS Microbiology Letter. 118: 199-206. | |
| Host
Parasite Interactions
Explanation of colonization and invasion of bacteria. http://xena.lsb.sbs.auckland.ac.nz/~pmetcalf/405.352/ general/uwisc/Bact330/lecturecolin.html |
Switalski, L., Patti, J., Butcher, W., Gristina, A., Speziale, P., and Hook, M. 1993. “A collagen receptor on Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from patients with septic arthritis mediates adhesion to cartilage”, Molecular Microbiology. 7(1): 99-107. | |
| Staphylococcus aureus Information | Staphylococcus-Timothy
Foster
General information about Staph. http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch012.htm |
Clements, M. 1999. "Stress resistance in Staphylococcus aureus", Trends in Microbiology. 7:11:458-462. |
| Microbiology:
Bacteriology-Staphylococcus
General information about Staph. http://www.kumc.edu/AMA-MSS/study/ micro3.htm#staphylococci |
Tarkowski, A. and Wagner, H. 1998. "Arthritis and sepsis caused by Staphylococcus aureus: can teh tissue injury be reduced by modulating the host's immune system?', Molecular Medicine Today. 4:I:15-18. | |
| Staphylococcal
Infections
General information about Staph. infections. http://www.slis.ua.edu/cdlp/WebCoreAll/patientinfo/infectious/ staphylococcal.htm |
Watanakunakorn, C. 1996. "Staphylococcal endocarditis", Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 9:105-108. | |
| Extra Cellular Matrix Serves as Surface Adhesion Tissue | Dr.
Joseph Patti
Researcher in bacterial adhesion to ECM proteins. http://www-ibt.tamu.edu/ibt/pr/ibtweb/faculty.htm#Patti |
Foster, T. and Hook, M. 1998. "Surface protein adhesins of Staphylococcus aureus", Trends in Microbiology. 6:12:484-488. |
| Dr.
Magnus Hook
Researcher in bacterial adhesion to ECM proteins. http://www-ibt.tamu.edu/ibt/pr/ibtweb/mh.html |
Patti, J. and Hook, M. 1994. "Microbial adhesins recognizing extracellular matrix macromolecules", Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 6:752-758. | |
| Bacterial
Surface Proteins
Good page on collagen (with receptor model) and fibrinogen. http://www.cmc.uab.edu/faculty_staff/narayana/bacterial.html |
Speziale, P., Raucci, G., Visai, L., Switalski, L., Timpl, R., and Hook, M. 1986. “Binding of Collagen to Staphylococcus aureus Cowan 1”, Journal of Bacteriology. 167: 77-81 | |
| Extracellular
Matrix
Short explanation of ECM and it's proteins. http://www.hsc.usf.edu/~pneame/ecm.html |
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| Fibronectin
Information on fibronectin-structure in ECM. http://www.teaching-biomed.man.ac.uk/lawson/Fibronec.HTM |
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| Dynamic Bacterial Adhesion | Dr.
Julie Ross
Researcher in dynamic adhesion field http://umbc7.umbc.edu/~jross/index.htm |
Dickinson, R. and Cooper, S. 1995. “Analysis of Shear-Dependent Bacterial Adhesion Kinetics to Biomaterial Surfaces”, AIChE Journal. 41(9): 2160-2173. |
| Dr.
Douglas A. Lauffenburger
Researcher in dynamic adhesion field. http://web.mit.edu/beh/people/lauf.htm |
Hammer, D. and Apte, S. 1992. “Simulation of cell rolling and adhesion on surfaces in shear flow: general results and analysis of seletin-mediated neutrophil adhesion”, Biophys. J. 63: 35-57. | |
| Dr.
Daniel Hammer
Researcher in dynamic adhesion field. http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cheme/hammer.html |
Cozens-Roberts, C., Lauffenburger, D., and Quinn, J. 1990. “Receptor-mediated cell attachment and detachment kinetics II: Experimental model studies with the Radial-Flow Detachment Assay”, Biophys. J. 58: 857-871. | |
| Dr. Richard
Dickinson
Researcher in dynamic adhesion field. http://myprofile.cos.com/dickinsr71 |
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| Rolling
Adhesion of Cells
Related research in the area of bacterial dynamic adhesion. http://www.rndsystems.com/cb/cbsu95/cbsu95a2.html |
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| Dynamic
Flow Assay in Flow Chamber
Protocol for dynamic bacterial adhesion assay. http://www.rndsystems.com/cb/cbsu95/cbsu95a2.html |
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| Strategies to Block Bacterial Adhesion | Adhesins
as Targets for Vaccine Development
Additional information on prevention strategies. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no3/wizeman.htm |
Jan-Ingmar Flock, 1999. "Extracellular-matrix-proteins as targets fro the prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections", Molecular Medicine Today. 5:12:532-537 |
| Cell
Attachment Inhibition
Use of short peptide to inhibit cell attachment-protocol development for inhibition strategies. http://www.lifetech.com/cgi-online/ techonline?Document=ecm.txt.4 |
Mohamed, N., Teeters, M., Patti, J., Hook, M., and Ross, J. 1998. “Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus Adherence to Collagen under Dynamic Condtions”, Infection and Immunity. 67(2): 589-594. | |
| Antibody
Information
This site explains general antibody terminology. http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/bio/imm/monoclonal.html |
Lee, J. 1998. "An experimental vaccine that targets staphylococcal virluence", Trends in Microbiology. 6:12:461-463. | |
| Searchable Related Databases | List
of Bacterial Infections and Mycosis Links
Lots of related sites that are general topics. http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c1.html |
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| Biosites
Searchable Database http://www.library.ucsf.edu/biosites/ |
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| The
Bio Netbook Guide
Searchable database in related fields. http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/BNB/english/ guide.html#bio |
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| Biomedical
Engineering Links
Related links in biomedical engineerging. http://www.scicentral.com/E-bioeng.html |
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